Conventions of a Music Magazine

Front Magazine: The main image is of a singer who is 'the future' and his name is Tobias. This replicates that he is going to be the main person involved inside the magazine. Sell lines are also used on the Front Cover to show you what is inside of the magazine and to persuade you to buy the magazine, the Sell Lines are featured on both sides of the Front Cover and these include artist's what are already famous and includes lots of types of genres what people will be attracted too. The front cover also has basic thing such as a Barcode which is scanned to show how many products have been bought and it also has a price tag to show to the public how much the magazine will cost. A masthead is also placed at the top of the magazine to try and influence the public to buy it. They usually do this by showing interesting things what will be inside the magazine for example on this magazine it says FREE DOWNLOADS INSIDE!



This is the Contents Page for a music magazine. The main image is the main convention for a contents page in a music magazine. This is because the main image informs you who the magazine is mainly about. The main image is of a band called the Courteeners, this replicates that the main story (which is another convention on a contents page) will be about the Courteeners. Another feature of a Contents page is Featured Stories and these are shown on the left hand side of the magazine for example it shows their will be Oasis Specials and it also informs you there is a cash prize inside if you answer questions correctly. Also the contents page shows previous editions what have been in the previous magazine. This is used to show people what was in last weeks magazine incase they didn't read it.

This is the double page spread of a music magazine. Like the front cover and the Contents page the main convention of the Double Page spread is the Main image. This is because it covers one full page and also it shows what the double page spread is about. This is another convention of a double page spread, the main article. On this magazine the main article is about a band called the Teenagers. Another thing what is used is the Drop Cap this is used to show the start of a new section and where to start reading. The text inside the article is used to organise the paragraphs neatly and also by using columns it allows more space for other things to be included.